i recently bought an Asus X553M notebook and it does play dvds. Is this posible

[tecwiznot]

How can I play a dvd on my new laptop?

 

[Prostar Computer]

DVDs as in copyrighted material/movies? You can play movies, but because of licensing, you usually need specific software for playback, such as PowerDVD, VLC, etc. (or similar). The drive in the computer is certainly capable of reading DVDs - unless you received a defective DVD drive, that is.